Mousing-hook



(No'ModeL) W. H. HAMMOND.

, I MOUSING HOOK. No. 2 4,530. Patented Sept; 19, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. HAMMOND, OF New BEDFORD, ASSIGNOR orv ONE-HALF TO o. SUMNER CHASE, OF 'EAST-FREETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

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' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 264,530, dated September 19, 1882. Application filed July 11, 1882. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HAMMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 shows a hook'with the mousing properly attached thereto and closed. Fig. 2 shows that portion of the mechanism which is clasped in the eye of the hook. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the mousing, showing its construction and operation. Fig. etis aview in vertical cross-section of the mousing. Fig. 5 is a top view of the mousing.

Similarlettersindicatelike parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1, O is a' triangular block, which is seeurelyfastened in the eye of the hook A by means of the arms 0 6 being bent around its sides. The construction of the block 0 will To the block-O is hiu ged the mousing B, the construction of which will be seen by reference to Fig. 3, in which E is the body of the mousing, g the clasp, and d the lever which operates the same. sis a coiled spring, which serves to keep the clasp closed around the end of the book.

The operation of the device is as follows: The lever 01 being raised by hand, the springs is compressed, and the clasp g forced to the front by means of the lower arm of the lever d, which enters a perforation in the same at I, thus enlarging the opening in the end of the mousing sut'ficiently to allow of it being slipped over the end of the hook A. It will be seen that the book has not to be modified in form to enable this mousing to be applied to it. As

the mousing is made of metal, to remove it entirely from thehook in order that it may be applied to another it is only necessary to unclasp the arms 0 e.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-,- 1s- The within-described mousing, consisting of the block 0, having arms 0 e for clasping the same to the eye of the hook, and the body of the mousing B, having the clasp g, the spring 8, and the lever 61, when arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

I WILLIAM H. HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

THOS. M. JAMES, JOHN T. TILLINGHAST. 

